Comments on: Big Lead Sports Finished Ahead of ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and Phil Steele in Preseason College Football Rankings

By: sarahlerange

sarahlerange — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:18:53 +0000

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. – Mark Twain

Phil Steele and Athlon predicted the most top ten teams – 5

Big Lead, ESPN and Lindy’s correctly picked the most top 25 teams – 17

Nice working with your predictions. 17 out of 25 is strong.

By: A.P.

A.P. — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:56:10 +0000

I assume Lisk wrote this with his pants down

By: A.P.

A.P. — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:55:11 +0000

you have to like posts to comment? I just come here to mock Queefer.

By: Wide Word of Sport (?)

Wide Word of Sport (?) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:51:30 +0000

You don’t seem to like this post very much.

I’m more confused by it. I like all the posts here, that’s why I keep commenting.

/duh

By: Ty Duffy

Ty Duffy — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:44:28 +0000

Duffy, with your top 20 poll from last week or whenever, was your goal to identify the order of teams on a neutral field, or to predict final BCS/AP whatever standings at the end of the season?

Just a power rankings of Top 20 teams. I didn’t factor in schedules.

By: otis sistrunk

otis sistrunk — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:34:32 +0000

A Fish Called Wanda is a good movie

K-K-K-Ken is c-c-c-coloring to k-k-k-kill K-K-K-Kevin K-K-K-Kline!

you americans make my ass tweeeetch!

By: scripty

scripty — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:33:16 +0000

what they couldnt find time for Michael Madesn to show up for an episode?

By: Nada

Nada — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:31:27 +0000

I once interviewed John Shneider and Wopat for that Dukes of Hazzard 20 year reunion

I would have strongly volunteered to get the “inside access” with Catherine Bach.

By: Nada

Nada — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:30:28 +0000

That show had a solid list of guest stars.

James Gammon made everything he was in so much better. Sad that people know him only from Major League.

By: Jason Lisk

Jason Lisk — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:29:50 +0000

Lisk: What were some of the metrics that you and Duffy looked at when doing these? What were the things that you weighed the most heavily? SRS?

There wasn’t a hard formula. What I did was create a program ranking based on three year’s worth of SRS, weighted to more recent. Some specific cases have to be adjusted (change in coach or something) I also looked at returning starters, particularly QB and o-line. Recruiting rankings. Stanford turned out even better than we thought without Luck, but part of the reason we still expected them to be good was the strength of recent recruiting classes.

I think we put independently put together a list of teams, and then compared to see where there were differences based on my method and Ty doing his rankings. Then Ty had final say on who to adjust.

By: scripty

scripty — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:29:39 +0000

I once interviewed John Shneider and Wopat for that Dukes of Hazzard 20 year reunion.

By: Nada

Nada — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:29:05 +0000

Heartbeats

When it comes to '80s songs and videos, the only thing cheesier is Willis's The Return of Bruno.

By: Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce

Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:29:01 +0000

That show had a solid list of guest stars.Was the show I had to watch with my dad when I'd be there every other weekend, so I think I saw half the episodes.

By: Nada

Nada — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:27:39 +0000

Tom Wopat

Tom Wopat is in Django, and they couldn't find a role for John Schneider?!

By: scripty

scripty — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:26:30 +0000

Nash Bridges.
/dying

By: Nada

Nada — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:51 +0000

Nash Bridges

Made greater by Cheech Marin./ See also Tin Cup, From Dusk Til Dawn and Born in East L.A.

By: Novac Chokeabitch

Novac Chokeabitch — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:25 +0000

Shylock Weinstein

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:15 +0000

I hate guineas, but Don Corleone was measured in The Godfather

By: scripty

scripty — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:04 +0000

Don Johnson was awesome in Django, so was Tom Wopat.

By: PeerLessPrices

PeerLessPrices — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:24:54 +0000

I hated Moesha, but Ray-J was pretty good in…